1920s silver vintage Longines watch

Date:           1925

Case:            Silver, 33mm

Movement: Calibre 13.34

Dial:             White enamel with Arabic numerals

Lugs:            14mm

A classic vintage Longines wristwatch from the 1920s!

A 1925, silver vintage Longines watch. The case measures 33 mm in diameter and has 14mm lugs. The case is signed Longines EF&Co. (Ernest Francillon & Co.) marked 0.900 silver and numbered. The 13.34 calibre, manual wind movement is signed B&Co. (Baume & Co.), Swiss Made, with 15 jewels. The white enamel dial has black Arabic numerals, with red twelve, an outer twenty-four hour track and a subsidiary seconds dial, and fine blued steel ‘losanges’ hands. The dial is signed Longines above the centre.

 

Ernest Francillon & Company                                                                                                                                        

Ernest Francillon took over the helm of Longines in 1852 and is credited as the visionary who pioneered the brand’s modernized, highly precise manufacturing practices in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. ‘EF Co’ mark is engraved on older or heritage-inspired Longines watch casebacks, encircling the winged hourglass logo.

 

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